groups in my classroom

I believe group work is important to use in the secondary level. Students need to earn how to be adaptable and work with others, it is just part of life and in my opinion adaptability is the most important trait to possess. There are not many jobs that are a one man or woman show. With that said I do not think I would have used this format. Our group really did not meet at all other than the few minutes we had in class. Most of our work was done independently at home, which was our choice. Our group did not have any problems, but at the same it felt more like a free for all then groups work. I personally like meeting with groups and working on projects. Assessing group work is difficult. We used wiki and it was easy to see who did what on the lesson. I suppose that is an advantage, except if we were to work in a physical group then only one person would be typing and it would appear that the others made no contributions. I know that when I assign group work I will add a group review of each person as a component to the assessment. I would want to hear form the others in the group and what they thought of their partners for two reasons. One is I would not have to rely with just looking on the computer which could show false information say if one person did the typing. The second reason is it would give me feedback on how each individual worked in the group. I could find their strengths and weaknesses, which could help me build more productive groups in the future.

Integrated Unit

Our group worked well together. We all brought ideas to the table that were valuable. Once we decided on the lesson, parts were divided up then we went our seperate ways. If we had questions we just asked each other. I liked that we all made our parts our own and that we did not just go with one person idea for the whole lesson.The only thing I would change is to set firm due dates. This way we could have revised more before the projects were do.